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I'm co-founder of CityFi, a strategic urban consultancy.

This is all my other stuff.

Here's a little bit about me and how to get in touch.

Button Coral
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• Scooter startup Bird plans to fund protected bike lanes
  Hard to see how this will scale, though it is the right idea.
• NASA names crews and dates for first U.S. commercial missions
  8 years after the demise of the Shuttle program we're going back up on our own livery.
• Evolving Floorplans
  Rectilinear building layouts algorithmically redesigned to optimize for X. Very biological.
• Visualizing street orientations on an interactive map
  Create polar histograms of any region (cities are most interesting) to see its overall orientation.
• The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery
  This could work.
• In the historic fountains of the Eternal City, the relationship between water, architecture, and the body is always complicated
  No splashing!
• NOAA PIFSC Ecological Acoustic Recorder
  Listening more closely to the things and events that affect coral reefs.
• Is it possible to save a rainforest by listening to it?
  The Tembé tribe is using cell phones and machine learning to detect the sound of chainsaws.
• The Tiny "Spite Triangle" That Marks a Century-Old Grudge Against New York City
  "You can still trespass on it today."
• How Squirrels, Pigeons, and Rats Are All Smarter Than You
  You think you're a good city-dweller?